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We were flying with my son (then six months old) recently, and he has a reasonably uncommon name. He was flagged by the TSA as being on the no-fly list, which
by tdees40 13y ago
We were flying with my son (then six months old) recently, and he has a reasonably uncommon name. He was flagged by the TSA as being on the no-fly list, which caused us to have to submit to onerous additional security procedures and miss our flight. So, ya know, way to go, TSA.
- greglindahl 13y agoI have a friend with an extremely common Irish name. There's a suspected terrorist with the same name, and he's on the no-fly list. My friend has a redress number now, but at the time he had to check-in at the counter and show ID every time he flew. Fortunately, different birthday. Now imagine being the unlucky person with the same name and birthday as the suspected terrorist. The financial list discussed in this posting sounds much, much more onerous.
- JshWright 13y agoThank goodness evil terrorists wouldn't stoop so low as to change the date of birth on their ID...
- Aloha 13y agoHad this exact experience for.. well, 2006-2010 or so, I too have a very common name. Couldnt check in online. Unable to use Kiosk to check in Had to show ID at counter. Had SSSS on every boarding pass - with random extra inspection for every tlight Then one day, it stopped, now knock on wood I can check in online or at kiosk.
- frandroid 13y agoSecurity by stupidity.
- mcv 13y agoYour 6 month old kid is already a terrorist? Way to go, parent.
- cryoshon 13y agoThis is really exceptionally ridiculous. I hope that this incident has ignited a healthy hatred of these policies enough to inspire you to attempt to change things by suing or political donations.
- enko 13y ago> hatred of these policies enough to inspire you to attempt to change things by suing or political donations I honestly can't tell if you are being sarcastic.
- megablast 13y agoYeah, but people don't care about this stuff until it happens to inconvenience them.